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15 Cards in this Set
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accolade
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(n) praise or approval
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acumen
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(n) keeness or insight
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adjudicate
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(v) to act as judge in a matter; to settle through the use of a judge or legal tribunal
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anachronism
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(n) a chronological misplacing of events, objects, customs or persons in regard to each other.
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apostate
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(n) one who forsakes his or her religion, party or cause
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apropos
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(adj) appropriate,opportune
(adv) relevantly; incidentally, by the way; speaking of |
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ascetic
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(adj) practicing strict self denial for the sake of personal or spiritual discipline
(n) one who leads a life of self discipline, especially to express religious devotion |
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attrition
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(n) the process of wearing down by friction or gradual impairment.
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augur
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(n) aprophet or seer
(v) to predict, foreshadow |
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bicker
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(v) to blend together or fuse so as to form one body or substance
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bilk
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(v) to defraud, cheat, swindle
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bode
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(v) to be an omen of; to indicate by signs
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charisma
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(n) the special personal magnetism that makes an individual exceptionally appealing to other people; a divinely bestowed gift or power
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chronic
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(adj) continuing over a long period of time or recurring often
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complement
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(n) something that completes a whole; the quanity or number needed to make up a whole; the full number or allowance
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